पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · February 28, 1885 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.16 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
"18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alone that acts, he perverts the truth and does not see rightly." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra122.52°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha307.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.84°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra302.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani55.97°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

☀️ Dvārakā — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:44 – 13:31
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:44 – 01:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:12 – 11:40
Yamaganda14:35 – 16:03
Gulika Kāla07:17 – 08:44
Varjyam07:46 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:17 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:44 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:12 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:40 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala13:07 – 14:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:35 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:03 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:30 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:58 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:30 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:03 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:35 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga01:07 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:40 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:12 – 05:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:44 – 07:17 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2393°
Longitude: 68.9686°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821135.27 · 4986.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409600.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2488° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.2488°) · declination -7.95° · EoT -13.22 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1885-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)